WFMU: Todd-o-phonic Todd: Playlist from January 28, 2023

Listener comments!
	♥ 10:00am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 恭禧發財 GUNG HAY FAT CHOY ! ☆ All Blessings & Great Fortune in Year of the Water 🐇Hare ☆ wfmu.org...
	♥ 2:59pm Handy Haversack: Afternoon, Todd and all other groovers.
	♥ 3:00pm Matt Clarke: Hi Todd n all! RIP Geator
	🎸 ♥ 3:01pm DonJuanTijuana: Hey y’all!! Heavy anticipation for this show TOPT!
	3:01pm Victrola Tom: The Geator will be looking down fondly on his English friend today!
	♥ 3:01pm Corey: Hello and Toddophonic Todd and listeners! Glad to join you all for this one.
	3:01pm HyperDose: For the Geator with the heater! ⚾🔥
	♥ 3:01pm Will thee Sound Guy: Good Afternoon Todd-o-Phonic Todd and all!!! Rest in Power, Geator!!!
	3:02pm goes211: Great pic Todd!! Bring It!
	♥ 3:03pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ⦿Sun in ♋︎Cancer, Year of Metal 🐉Dragon Gerald Joseph Blavat July 3, 1940 – January 20, 2023
	3:03pm Sissophonic Cheryl: Tears already ❤️❤️❤️
	♥ 3:03pm Ciggy: Looking forward to an education today
	3:04pm Joe B: Go Todd!
	3:05pm Robm: Hey fellow hep cats
	🎸 ♥ 3:05pm Joel: Clear the furniture. Time to cut that rug.. Go Todd Go !!!
	3:05pm Robm: ↳ Ciggy @3:03 When do not get an education from todd?
	3:08pm goes211: ↳ Robm @3:05 Never!
	3:08pm Joe B: Ready to Stomp!
	3:08pm Chad From Philly: Been looking forward to this all week!
	3:08pm Richard Whig: glad to be here for the Todder with the Fodder!
	♥ 3:08pm Handy Haversack: Hey, Joe B, K8 and I are planning on meeting in JC at Healy's this evening. Hope to see you there!
	3:09pm Pots N Pan: Lovin’ this Todd O Phonic. It’s the best tribute yet. I feel the respect. Thank you.
	3:10pm Robm: ↳ goes211 @3:08 I listen to this station for a musical education and the djs always bring it
	3:10pm Joe B: ↳ Handy Haversack @3:08 see you there !
	3:10pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Welcome aboard worshipers of good music. Lots of great music and great guests on today's tribute show.
	♥ 3:10pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Song: "Club Savoy" by "Rockin' Louie & Mammajammers" Ha, nice, just came across this pic at the City Reliquary site: www.cityreliquary.org...
	3:10pm Robm: ↳ Handy Haversack @3:08 Handy any news yet for K8?
	🎸 ♥ 3:10pm common: been lookin forward to this todd! cheers from philly
	3:11pm Greg from ZONE 5: Afternoon, T-O-P! Leaving the VIP on Sip and heading home to rest up for Joe Bataan.
	🎸 ♥ 3:13pm listener 126464: Super Rock!
	3:13pm Richard Whig: geography lesson tyme!
	3:13pm Scott Cornish: Greetings, yon teenagers! 💚
	♥ 3:14pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Robm @3:10 Afraid it didn't work out, Robm. Been a disappointing week.
	🎸 ♥ 3:16pm Joel: Let's make it crystal clear, the Philly people are here and got their ears on
	3:16pm Robm: ↳ Handy Haversack @3:14 I guess kate is bummed?
	♥ 3:18pm TonyR: Todd's making me feel like I'm middle-aged and from Philly. The magic of radio, obviously.
	3:19pm Robm: @todd you have been at WFMU that long?
	3:20pm Marie: How old are you, Todd?? Just kiddink. So glad you are there on WFMU!
	3:21pm StuartR: Passing a test from Upsala, fill in. Boring at first? But learning how/where Phonic started:POW POW POW in a Geator tribute
	♥ 3:21pm Hoboken Jack: Hey all, checking in from Catskill NY where I'm here to see Tsunami tonight. But I'll be listening to the archive tomorrow and wanted to send love to all who knew or just appreciated The Geator.
	3:21pm clarke: geator check-in from new orleans!!
	3:22pm Van Winkle ;-): Greetings Todd-o-phonic et al from above the 49th. Enjoying the history lessons...
	♥ 3:22pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...' Blavat continued to broadcast on local radio seven days a week and perform at several record hops and events a week '... en.wikipedia.org...
	♥ 3:24pm Franco Twinkie: I love your origin story, Todd. None of us come out of the gate fully formed.
	3:24pm clarke: there was no lightning mentioned.. but we know..
	3:27pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Franco Twinkie @3:24 Thanks Franco.
	3:27pm Victrola Tom: The Absecon Island summer community will never be the same without the Geator!
	3:28pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Robm @3:19 I guess? Did fill-ins only for many years. I paid my dues!
	♥ 3:30pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @3:27 I was ten in 1965. For me it was B. Mitchell Read, 'The fastest tongue in the West' on KFWB in L.A.
	3:30pm Robm: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @3:28 You sure did pay your dues
	3:33pm Joe B: In addition to all those job titles, Geator was also an unofficial A&R man. He got the 4 Seasons their first record deal with Vee Jay and also was instrumental in Dionne Warwick's career among others
	♥ 3:36pm Franco Twinkie: This is humbling. It touches me in a profound way.
	♥ 3:36pm TonyR: Jim Henson's Todd-o-Phonic babies!
	3:43pm clarke: very nice, guys!!
	♥ 3:43pm Franco Twinkie: My imagination is running wild.
	3:46pm Joe B: that struck me as well - the first time seeing the Geator and the stacks and stacks of sleeveless 45s!
	3:46pm Victrola Tom: Listening-in from the car, on the way to the Barclays! Knicks-Nets! But will be thinking of the Geator!
	3:46pm Christina Ginger: Joining in late, because I had a bungee cord debacle. Sounding great, Todd. Really lovely tribute.
	♥ 3:46pm Will thee Sound Guy: I'm definitely going to listen to this show again. Such an interesting chat about an incredible man!
	♥ 3:47pm Hoboken Jack: Ok I had to pull over and listen on the pop-up player to hear Ben Vaughn. Wow, amazing. Thanks for that, TOPT. When I heard the Geator had passed, Ben was the first person I thought of, and Todd was the second.
	3:50pm Victrola Tom: Bungee cord debacle? And no further explanation? 😂
	3:51pm Tim from LH: Listening to his radio show while vacationing in Wildwood was a trip. First time I tuned in,I said who is this wild man talking and singing over the records.
	3:53pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Victrola Tom @3:50 Hahaha, I basically broke the stores’ computer POS when I commented on how cheap the purchase of two bungee cords was, and that prompted the merchant to cancel the sale to ring it up correctly, and then the computer decided it didn’t want to run a the new sale. I spent 20 minutes trying to pay- the store is a 2 minutes walk from my house.
	3:53pm Cooh John: Hello Todd, Joe B, Franco, Handy and my WFMU family. Overwhelmed by the feelings and connections I am experiencing. 😵‍💫
	♥ 3:54pm San Pedro Girl: Greetings Todd and WFMU peeps!
	3:55pm AG: Love Low Cut Connie!
	♥ 3:58pm DjLorraine: ↳ Cooh John @3:53 🙋
	3:59pm Frank Zaatar: I went to summer camp in the 60s with Jewish kids from Philadelphia and they were all about the soul: "I'm gonna look soul tonight--I've got my soul jeans." Now I get it.
	4:01pm Miss G: Really enjoyed that interview with Low Cut Connie's Adam Weiner!
	♥ 4:04pm Franco Twinkie: This is so fine!
	4:05pm Dungaroos Kipawah: Thanks for all this Todd-O-Phonic! A tribute fit for a titan. All hail the Geator
	4:06pm clarke: i'm hooked on o'phonics!!~
	4:06pm nycmusicnerd: Thanks for the Adam Weiner interview and for playing some Low Cut Connie this afternoon!
	4:08pm clarke: ↳ Christina Ginger @3:46 Bungee Cord Debacle. band name anthology entry.
	4:09pm Christina Ginger: ↳ clarke @4:08 It would need to be a spastic punk band.
	4:09pm clarke: we could do dat!
	♥ 4:12pm Gaylord Fields: Greetings, Yon Teenagers of all ages! Late to the celebration of the Geator's life, but I am in the right hands with Todd-o-phonic Todd!
	4:14pm clarke: i'm tuning in later, Gaylord, to your DEOP-IN this evening!!
	♥ 4:14pm Handy Haversack: Hey, cooh john!
	4:14pm clarke: oops: DROP-IN!!
	4:15pm clarke: ↳ Handy Haversack @4:14 thought you were in travelsack mode??
	4:15pm Miss G: Thank you Joe B. for sharing your memories with us. All those moments, are NOT lost, like tears in the rain. . .
	4:16pm nycmusicnerd: Does anyone know of a book/website that chronicles all these great DJs? If none exists, somebody should write one. I've said this before in these here chat rooms, but I grew up in western PA & moved to the NYC area in 1998. I never listened to Philly radio. If it hadn't been for WFMU I never would have heard of Jerry Blavat.
	4:17pm nycmusicnerd: ↳ nycmusicnerd @4:16 Now with the miracle of the internet, anyone from anywhere can listen to radio just about anywhere. We should lift up these great DJs while they're still alive.
	4:17pm Joe B: Oh man this song was always a highlight of a Geator night
	4:17pm clarke: good point!!
	4:19pm Cooh John: 🙋DjLorraine
	♥ 4:19pm Chris Hiatt: ↳ Song: "Hold Back The Night" by "The Trammps" This cut is great. Mixed like the sound of an AM radio station.
	♥ 4:20pm Matt Clarke: ↳ Song: "Hold Back The Night" by "The Trammps" Incredible track
	4:20pm clarke: ↳ Matt Clarke @4:20 how's the wing, there, buddy?
	4:20pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Song: "Hold Back The Night" by "The Trammps" I’m going to have to play this one at work. My residents will love it.
	🎸 ♥ 4:21pm Joel: Graham Parker does a great version of this song, also
	♥ 4:21pm Matt Clarke: ↳ clarke @4:20 Getting there! Improving every week. Thanks! Hope all is good in your world
	♥ 4:22pm Gaylord Fields: I once went to Memories during a night that was more Disco Fever than Discophonic, and I still had a blast!
	4:22pm Fredericks: "Mammajammer" makes me think of Peter Wolf.
	4:22pm clarke: ↳ Matt Clarke @4:21 jus'fine! thanks!
	🎸 ♥ 4:24pm common: this is fantastic todd! having a beer in my apt near the kimmel right now. so good
	4:25pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ common @4:24 Thank you.
	4:28pm Miss G: I want those noodles!
	4:28pm clarke: Noodles!!!
	4:29pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @Miss G and @clarke: Easier said than done. We don't know where he got them from!
	4:29pm clarke: do you recall the brand name?
	4:30pm Miss G: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @4:29 That's why, they were special noodles!
	4:30pm clarke: Geator Noodles!!
	4:31pm Rick G: What a terrific tribute. The blend of interviews and music, all perfectly paced. Great work.
	4:31pm Miss G: Like going to Balducci's back in the day and getting the unpasteurized cheese from the back room.
	♥ 4:33pm Handy Haversack: This is great stuff, Todd.
	♥ 4:33pm Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Handy Haversack @4:33 Yeah!
	4:35pm Fredericks: ↳ Tim from LH @3:51 Sounds like WFMU's morning DJ.
	♥ 4:36pm Handy Haversack: Yay, Sheila B! So great to hear your voice on the airwaves! Thanks for sharing this with all of us!
	♥ 4:37pm Ciggy: What a wonderful tribute Todd
	4:37pm Rick G: I so hope Sheila comes back at some point.
	4:37pm Frank Zaatar: ↳ Miss G @4:31 @Miss G: Great--Now I'm going to regret years of not knowing about that back room.
	4:37pm AYAYRON: Hi I’m not from the area (I’m an Internet listener ftomMA) but this is a lovely tribute. Sure sounds like the Geeter spread a ton of joy and music in his life.
	4:37pm goes211: A cavalcade of Stars for this one!
	4:37pm Miss G: ↳ Song: "Sheila B. on The Geator" Thank you Sheila B. for breaking your vow of silence (that's as far as I got in your last show before I cried to hard to continue) to honor the Geator and give us a sense of the sheer joy of that night!
	4:39pm clarke: ain't no location requirements, here: just gotta have SOUL!!
	♥ 4:43pm Handy Haversack: Well, I gotta get out of here, head for the PATH, and make my way to JC. Glad to be seeing some WFMU fam tonight after this celebration. Thanks, Todd. Michele might call her show Feelings, but feelings got felt here today. Much appreciated. Later on, friends!
	4:43pm geokopp: Beautiful tribute, Todd. Very nicely done.
	4:45pm clarke: handy cya's!
	4:46pm Miss G: HH my love to you and K8, read upstream, Hold On! I feel good things are ahead!Have fun tonight!
	4:46pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks George!
	🎸 ♥ 4:49pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: Delightful show Todd. I was always a North Jersey kid and never heard about Jerry Blavat until you started talking about him on WFMU. We rarely ventured south of Seaside LOL. See ya tonight at White Eagle Hall.
	4:49pm Panther: Living in NJ, I never heard of Memories In Margate, so I googled it. The reviews are horrifying. Sounds like Jerry was abusive and the place mistreated people.
	♥ 4:49pm Franco Twinkie: Lenny is so fun to listen to. So much NOT a crazy drug addled rock guitarist.
	4:50pm Miss G: ↳ Song: "Lenny Kaye raps about The Geator" Thanks to Lenny Kaye! Nuggets was on constant rotation in our apartments in 1978 + We would not be who we are, without that comp.
	4:53pm Creature Boy: Has anyone mentioned Tom Verlaine yet? RiP
	4:54pm Miss G: ↳ Creature Boy @4:53 WHAT
	4:54pm Fredericks: ↳ Creature Boy @4:53 No.
	4:55pm clarke: no, really? wow RIP!
	4:55pm nycmusicnerd: ↳ Creature Boy @4:53 Yeah, I just saw that on Twitter. NY Times reporting that Tom Verlaine has died.
	4:55pm Miss G: I'm sorry. THere is a time and place. This is about Jerry Blavat The Geator. (not saying you shouldn't have said it, just, my reaction.)
	4:56pm Creature Boy: Yeah the hound posted something about an hour ago
	4:56pm Creature Boy: News is news
	4:56pm clarke: wow. that's sad.
	4:57pm clarke: ↳ Miss G @4:55 disagree, really.
	4:58pm Lana in Bucksom County: Grew up in the Philly suburbs in the 60's, I was breastfed on WFIL and WIBG, and listening to the Geator, and am so grateful for his influence. Great tribute Todd, thank you so much!!
	4:58pm Miss G: ↳ clarke @4:57 That's what I was trying to say. I got rattled, and should have shut up. ME, not anyone else.
	4:59pm clarke: THIS is the time AND the place
	4:59pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Lana in Bucksom County @4:58 You are very welcome!
	5:00pm Creature Boy: Let's not squabble. I lost a close friend this week . Loss is powerful
	5:02pm clarke: so many are dropping and it's hard to even concentrate on ONE!
	5:02pm nycmusicnerd: ↳ clarke @5:02 True dat
	5:02pm Creature Boy: ↳ clarke @5:02 Yep
	5:03pm clarke: sorry for it ALL!
	5:03pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: I think everyone here is on the same page and it's just hard to deal with all this loss relatively at once.
	5:03pm nycmusicnerd: Just makes you want to appreciate the people you dig while they're still here.
	5:03pm Miss G: Andy Paley's dinner! Loving this interview!
	♥ 5:04pm Brian D: This is such a wonderful show and tribute. I never got to hear the Geator or attend one of his dance parties, but I heard so much about him over the years. What a life and legacy.
	5:04pm Mister Dobalina: I saw Verlaine on the street a few months ago. And saw him often shuffling books at the Strand. Shucks!
	5:04pm Creature Boy: ↳ Mister Dobalina @5:04 Wow. Yeah that's often how it works huh?
	5:05pm Monica: Fantastic trib, Todd! Met him many moons ago - he and Seymour were going toe to toe on doo wop arcana. Seem to recall him having a lavender hair rinse and a horseshoe pinky ring.
	5:05pm clarke: it does not diminish this FINE, FINE tribute one bit, really!
	5:06pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Monica @5:05 Thanks Monica!
	5:07pm elkeno: Geator & Sinatra, would love to see that lol. Tony Bennet, Liza, Barbra-that's some name dropping!
	♥ 5:11pm Gaylord Fields: ↳ Monica @5:05 I once attended a major music industry awards ceremony, and seated at my table was the Geator — who initially mistook me for one of the Impressions! I could not have been more pleased with both my tablemate and with being misidentified.
	5:11pm clarke: uhhmmm, impressed!!
	♥ 5:12pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Gaylord Fields @5:11 ...making a good first Impression ...okay not actually a first...
	5:13pm Panther: Tom Virlaine !!! Oh no!!! This is horrible
	♥ 5:13pm Joe R.: ↳ Song: "Andy Paley chats about The Geator" I thought Andy Paley getting a prescription from Dr. Nick was a helluva story but the dinner with Brian, the Geator, and Spongebob is pretty incredible too! Amazing tribute Todd.
	♥ 5:14pm Gaylord Fields: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @5:12 Haha — talk about your false Impressions!
	5:14pm Miss G: Why I said “there is a time and place” to myself, not to anyone else: when my guy had died suddenly, I had to see a low-income-something lawyer about his “estate” (the lawyer was a Virginia prep like Brett Kavanaugh, but those guys always since I went to UVA in 1981, they loved me, “take a walk on the wild side” etc.) So I was going on and on about “his wishes” and the lawyer suddenly yelled at me, “What do you care? HE’s DEAD.” and it was the first time that it hit me. So, for me, I try to live in the moment, what’s going on now with the living, and the person who is dead, we can honor them anytime. . . this is, for ME.
	5:14pm Panther: What a loss!! Tom Verlaine was so talented and made such an impact.
	5:17pm clarke: honestly, i feel some of the same feelings about verlaine as some are espousing, today. or at least the entire band Televsion. and it doesn't take away from anything anyone has said or thinks, here.
	5:20pm FishtownMike: Thanks for putting this tribute together, TOPT! My Saturday routine was switching over to XPN for the Geator's show after you signed off. He's going to be missed.
	♥ 5:22pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Heyo. Just put on a pot of beans, slept in today....
	5:22pm Creature Boy: The reason I asked if anyone had mentioned it was because it wasn't known yet. News has to travel
	♥ 5:22pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Miss G @5:14 Thanks TOPT for this awesome tribute. Am reeling having just learned about Tom Verlaine's passing. WTF!!
	5:24pm clarke: ↳ Creature Boy @5:22 i don't watch the news, or particpate in any social media (except here) so how else was i going to find out - at least it was from Creature Boy - which is nice, thanks!
	♥ 5:24pm Gaylord Fields: Haha, BeYONd Teenagers!
	5:25pm Miss G: ↳ clarke @5:17 Clarke, you can’t imagine, how I’m thinking of how in the early days of knowing my guy, he nonchalantly put on a vinyl bootleg of a live version, like a half hour, of “Little Johnny Jewel,” knowing that I would get. . .feelings. ;-)
	♥ 5:26pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Do in fact prefer to hear about artists passing here @ FMU. As there is also nowhere else this tribute would happen here like this.
	5:27pm Miss G: ↳ Song: "Vee Vee on her visit to Memories" Thank you Vee Vee, so energized by your words! (LOL Todd!)
	5:27pm Fredericks: Todd shouting over the song. Now, I wanna dance.
	5:27pm Victrola Tom: I’ll unfortunately have to listen to this tribute in depth at a later date. My one and only interesting Television story, saw them open for Peter Gabriel at the Capitol Theater in Passaic in 1977. TV was booed off the stage before finishing a song, but I’ve been a fan ever since. And PG was said to be so embarrassed by hi s fans behavior, that he personally came out to introduce the opener on all his subsequent tours. RIP Tom Verlaine.
	5:28pm nycmusicnerd: ↳ clarke @5:24 I can understand why some people don't want to watch news or do social media. Everything is either depressing or downright horrifying. I'm glad there are still radio stations like WFMU to bring us together.
	5:28pm gene sculatti: This is a wonderful show. Thanks, Todd, for putting this together.
	5:28pm Moammar: ↳ Song: "Quarter To Three" by "Gary U.S. Bonds" I had this on a cassette tape I made off the radio as a kid. Took years for me to figure out who it was.
	5:28pm ike-o: Woo!
	5:30pm Creature Boy: ↳ clarke @5:24 Appreciate that
	5:30pm clarke: i would rather hear it from Creature Boy, than from ____ ____ (whoever the new tom brokaw is)
	5:30pm Van Winkle ;-): Who doesn't enjoy a bit of DJ overtalkin/singing on the occasional tune!?! Go Toddophonic Go! Go! Go! :-)
	5:30pm Shineman: Hi Vic!
	5:31pm Kirk: What the heck Todd! Never noticed that MC5 reference. I gotta tell the Detroit kids!!!
	5:32pm Todd E: Very uplifting show, thanks Todd! Did not know about the Geater — saw the obits this week, but now I know his impact. Like many others, got the news about Tom V’s passing. The Television shows I saw in the ‘70s were revelatory.
	5:33pm Kirk: Love Big Joe Turner! What a great show today!!
	♥ 5:37pm Matt Clarke: The thought and care you put into this show is an incredible tribute to the Geator, Todd. Well done!
	5:38pm Miss G: ↳ Matt Clarke @5:37 Yes, so perfectly crafted! I was supposed to be doing something, but I'm just staring out the window at the sunset and the little lake.
	5:38pm MFlynn: Todd, thoroughly enjoying today’s show! Thanks!!!
	5:39pm clarke: Mr. C inna haus!!
	♥ 5:39pm Franco Twinkie: Top of the bar singing. That sounds like my kind of show.
	5:39pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks so much for your kind words Matt. I hope you are enjoying your candy today and that The Elevator Operators have a great show at Otto's Shrunken Head tonight.
	5:41pm Shineman: This is a great show Todd thank!
	♥ 5:41pm GPB: Great show Todd! Never had the pleasure of listening to the Geator. I feel like I missed a radio icon !
	5:42pm nycmusicnerd: Great show Todd!
	♥ 5:44pm Chris Hiatt: This has been a fantastic show. Thanks, Todd! Didn't know about Jerry Blavat until after the fact, glad to get filled in here!
	5:44pm clarke: one of my bands happened to be setting up at the upsala station, while Mr. C's show was on, live, way back in the day. we were like "how do we follow Mr. C?!?"
	5:44pm Melissa: Phila. girl checking in here. GREAT SHOW! Many thanks
	5:44pm Old Dave: Did they really have a Mummer string band in the Philly Cathedral today to play him out? Not the usual funeral mass. He deserved it.
	♥ 5:44pm Tommy in Neversink: You have to know a lot with this guy..you know
	5:48pm clarke: how bout BOTH?!?!?
	5:49pm Corey: Thanks Todd for the beautiful show. Clearly put together with a lot of heart. So many great stories and songs!
	♥ 5:49pm Tommy in Neversink: TT brought it today.....but then again he does every week !
	5:50pm Monica: Mr C bringin it like Uber Eats! Thx for a stellar tribute. Todd!
	5:50pm clarke: this has been FANtastic! well-put-together and touching trib!! thanks TopT
	5:51pm Miss G: ↳ Song: "Excerpt from my 8/4/11 interview with The Geator" The Freedom! PLEDGE!
	♥ 5:51pm Gaylord Fields: Todd, thank you so much for presenting so beautifully a show I simultaneously anticipated and dreaded. This was a New Orleans–style memorial for a Philly giant!
	5:51pm Fredericks: DEADLINE: Increasing tensions between Verlaine and cofounder Richard Hell saw Television call it quits after its second album, Adventure, in 1978.
	5:51pm elkeno: Thanks Todd, appreciate what you do, and continue to do, to mark the legacies of the makers & friends of fantastic music
	♥ 5:52pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Todd. How to live Pow! Pow! Pow! without saying it.
	5:52pm florida: jerry blavat,the geator with the heater,remember him well
	5:52pm Fredericks: Richard Lloyd is going to be pissed.
	♥ 5:52pm Mr. Pumpy: Well done, Todd. Thank you!
	5:54pm Isaac Candelario: Sweet sweeet sweet jams!!!!!
	♥ 5:55pm Franco Twinkie: Perfect afternoon listing to the radio. Thanks a million, Todd.
	5:55pm Miss G: My heartfelt thanks to you Todd-o-phonic Todd! My day got turned upside down and so I could tune in for a bit live. My times at club Heartbreak (Manhattan) rockabilly night in the early 80s (met former husband there) seem like a _pale imitation_ to Memories in Margate! Hearing people talk about the dispersion of music, via Jerry Blavat, The Geator With The Heater, that music which is so dear to all of our hearts, really is a balm. So touched by this show, thank you.
	🎸 ♥ 5:55pm listener 126464: Thanks for quite a show,Todd.
	5:55pm SamTheRam: Thanks for all your efforts Todd! You make so many people Smile
	5:55pm clarke: i DO like good music - oh yeah!! thanks toddA
	5:55pm Van Winkle ;-): Yep...we love good music...and great radio presenters... Spotlight on Toddophonic Todd for pulling this together today. ;-)
	5:56pm Miss G: We'll play "Cool Jerk" tonight and dance in all y'all's honor!
	5:56pm sufferwords: appreciate the effort-
	5:56pm bobob Plasticland: Tom Verlaine RIP
	5:57pm Old Dave: This was educational and fun. I'm not in that scene but enjoyed your explaining. Go Eagles
	♥ 5:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ TopT ~
	♥ 5:57pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ bobob Plasticland @5:56 Oh no!
	♥ 5:57pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ bobob Plasticland @5:56 Echo that. :(
	♥ 5:58pm radioronan: As the product born and bred parents from Philly..long live the Geator..beautiful work Todd!!
	♥ 5:58pm Will thee Sound Guy: Thank you Todd-o-Phonic Todd for bringing such a fan-o-tastic tribute!!! such a mountain of a greatness!
	♥ 5:59pm Ken From Hyde Park: Gaylord setting up right over here: www.wfmu.org...
	5:59pm Christina Ginger: Thank you, Todd. Wonderfully done.
	11:06pm Miss G: yeah OK off topic but on topic: Television - Little Johnny Jewel, Live '78 (from The Blow Up)Television - Little Johnny Jewel, Live '78 (from The Blow Up) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9BkYIlgMSA

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January 28, 2023: My Man Pots and Pans

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Format	Comments	Approx. start time
Martha and The Vandellas	Heatwave	Jerry Blavat Presents For Dancers Only (at Chez-Vous & Wagners)	no label	CD
Candy and The Kisses	The 81 "The 81" by "Candy and The Kisses"		Cameo	45		0:02:36 (Pop-up)
The Dreamlovers	Amazons and Coyotes		Swan	45		0:07:05 (Pop-up)
Versatones	Bila "Bila" by "Versatones"		Fenway	45		0:07:06 (Pop-up)
Rockin' Louie & Mammajammers	Club Savoy	Jerry Blavat Presents For Dancers Only (at Chez-Vous & Wagners)	no label	CD		0:09:17 (Pop-up)
The Volcanos	A Lady's Man "A Lady's Man" by "The Volcanos"		Arctic	45	going out to The Geator.	0:12:32 (Pop-up)
Johnny And The Hurricanes	Sheeba (Blavat Opening Theme)	Jerry Blavat Presents For Dancers Only (Recorded Live at Chez-Vous & Wagners)	Lost Nite	LP		0:15:18 (Pop-up)

Ben Vaughn talks about The Geator "Ben Vaughn talks about The Geator"
The Vibrations	Soul A-Go-Go "Soul A-Go-Go" by "The Vibrations"		Okeh	45		0:46:13 (Pop-up)
Butlers	She Tried to Kiss Me (All I Could Do Was Run)		Liberty Bell	45		0:48:18 (Pop-up)
Jerry Blavat and The "Yon Teenagers"	Discophonic Walk		Cameo	45		0:50:17 (Pop-up)
Adam Weiner (Low Cut Connie) discusses The Geator
Low Cut Connie	Shake It Little Tina	Hi Honey	Contender Records	LP	Geator fave!	0:59:59 (Pop-up)
Jerry Blavat	Shoppin' For Clothes			MP3	produced by Ben Vaughn. Unreleased rough mix	1:03:30 (Pop-up)
Little Richard w/Jerry Blavat	True Fine Mama	The Hottest Beat In Town	Demand	LP	from Jerry's TV show, "The Discophonic Scene".	1:06:25 (Pop-up)

Joe Belock discusses his visits to Memories in Margate
The Four Tops	I Got A Feeling "I Got A Feeling" by "The Four Tops"		Motown	45		1:15:06 (Pop-up)
The Trammps	Hold Back The Night "Hold Back The Night" by "The Trammps"		Buddah	45		1:18:13 (Pop-up)
Darlene Love talks about her friend Jerry Blavat
Darlene Love	(Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry		Philles Records	45		1:29:58 (Pop-up)
Jerry Blavat	Geator Radio Opening	Jerry Blavat Presents 50 Years Of Musical Memories	no label	CD		1:32:41 (Pop-up)
The Supremes	You Can't Hurry Love		Motown	45		1:33:17 (Pop-up)
Sheila B. on The Geator "Sheila B. on The Geator"
Kim Weston	Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)		Gordy	45		1:37:30 (Pop-up)
The Du-Ettes	Please Forgive Me "Please Forgive Me" by "The Du-Ettes"		One-derful	45		1:40:17 (Pop-up)

Lenny Kaye raps about The Geator "Lenny Kaye raps about The Geator"
The Blue Notes	My Hero "My Hero" by "The Blue Notes"		Value	45		1:50:45 (Pop-up)
The Schoolboys	Please Say You Want Me	Jerry Blavat Presents For Lovers Only Vol. No. 2	Lost Nite	LP		1:53:33 (Pop-up)
Andy Paley chats about The Geator "Andy Paley chats about The Geator"
Spongebob Squarepants	WH2O Radio Open	The Best Day Ever	Nick Records	CD	featuring Jerry Blavat as Al Bacore	2:10:22 (Pop-up)
The Videos	Trickle, Trickle "Trickle, Trickle" by "The Videos"		Casino	45		2:10:55 (Pop-up)
excerpt from my 3/25/16 Dion interview
Dion	Hug My Radiator "Hug My Radiator" by "Dion"	Jerry Blavat Presents 50 Years Of Musical Memories	no label	CD		2:13:56 (Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Little Queenie "Little Queenie" by "Chuck Berry"		Chess	45		2:17:39 (Pop-up)
Vee Vee on her visit to Memories "Vee Vee on her visit to Memories"
Gary U.S. Bonds	Quarter To Three "Quarter To Three" by "Gary U.S. Bonds"		Legrand	45		2:26:55 (Pop-up)
Ronnie Holden	My Babe "My Babe" by "Ronnie Holden"		Donna	45		2:29:21 (Pop-up)
excerpt from my 12/19/15 Todd Rundgren interview
Joe Turner	Morning Noon and Night		Atlantic	45	dedicated to Ray	2:33:12 (Pop-up)
Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Ain't Got No Home		Argo	45		2:36:13 (Pop-up)
Mr. C delivers the goods "Mr. C delivers the goods"
Tina Britt	The Real Thing "The Real Thing" by "Tina Britt"		Eastern	45		2:49:27 (Pop-up)
Excerpt from my 8/4/11 interview with The Geator
Arthur Conley	Sweet Soul Music "Sweet Soul Music" by "Arthur Conley"		Atco	45		2:54:09 (Pop-up)
The Del Satins	Feelin' No Pain "Feelin' No Pain" by "The Del Satins"		Columbia	45		2:58:20 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 10:00am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 恭禧發財 GUNG HAY FAT CHOY ! ☆ All Blessings & Great Fortune in Year of the Water 🐇Hare ☆ wfmu.org...
	♥ 2:59pm Handy Haversack: Afternoon, Todd and all other groovers.
	♥ 3:00pm Matt Clarke: Hi Todd n all! RIP Geator
	🎸 ♥ 3:01pm DonJuanTijuana: Hey y’all!! Heavy anticipation for this show TOPT!
	3:01pm Victrola Tom: The Geator will be looking down fondly on his English friend today!
	♥ 3:01pm Corey: Hello and Toddophonic Todd and listeners! Glad to join you all for this one.
	3:01pm HyperDose: For the Geator with the heater! ⚾🔥
	♥ 3:01pm Will thee Sound Guy: Good Afternoon Todd-o-Phonic Todd and all!!! Rest in Power, Geator!!!
	3:02pm goes211: Great pic Todd!! Bring It!
	♥ 3:03pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ⦿Sun in ♋︎Cancer, Year of Metal 🐉Dragon Gerald Joseph Blavat July 3, 1940 – January 20, 2023
	3:03pm Sissophonic Cheryl: Tears already ❤️❤️❤️
	♥ 3:03pm Ciggy: Looking forward to an education today
	3:04pm Joe B: Go Todd!
	3:05pm Robm: Hey fellow hep cats
	🎸 ♥ 3:05pm Joel: Clear the furniture. Time to cut that rug.. Go Todd Go !!!
	3:05pm Robm: ↳ Ciggy @3:03 When do not get an education from todd?
	3:08pm goes211: ↳ Robm @3:05 Never!
	3:08pm Joe B: Ready to Stomp!
	3:08pm Chad From Philly: Been looking forward to this all week!
	3:08pm Richard Whig: glad to be here for the Todder with the Fodder!
	♥ 3:08pm Handy Haversack: Hey, Joe B, K8 and I are planning on meeting in JC at Healy's this evening. Hope to see you there!
	3:09pm Pots N Pan: Lovin’ this Todd O Phonic. It’s the best tribute yet. I feel the respect. Thank you.
	3:10pm Robm: ↳ goes211 @3:08 I listen to this station for a musical education and the djs always bring it
	3:10pm Joe B: ↳ Handy Haversack @3:08 see you there !
	3:10pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Welcome aboard worshipers of good music. Lots of great music and great guests on today's tribute show.
	♥ 3:10pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Song: "Club Savoy" by "Rockin' Louie & Mammajammers" Ha, nice, just came across this pic at the City Reliquary site: www.cityreliquary.org...
	3:10pm Robm: ↳ Handy Haversack @3:08 Handy any news yet for K8?
	🎸 ♥ 3:10pm common: been lookin forward to this todd! cheers from philly
	3:11pm Greg from ZONE 5: Afternoon, T-O-P! Leaving the VIP on Sip and heading home to rest up for Joe Bataan.
	🎸 ♥ 3:13pm listener 126464: Super Rock!
	3:13pm Richard Whig: geography lesson tyme!
	3:13pm Scott Cornish: Greetings, yon teenagers! 💚
	♥ 3:14pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Robm @3:10 Afraid it didn't work out, Robm. Been a disappointing week.
	🎸 ♥ 3:16pm Joel: Let's make it crystal clear, the Philly people are here and got their ears on
	3:16pm Robm: ↳ Handy Haversack @3:14 I guess kate is bummed?
	♥ 3:18pm TonyR: Todd's making me feel like I'm middle-aged and from Philly. The magic of radio, obviously.
	3:19pm Robm: @todd you have been at WFMU that long?
	3:20pm Marie: How old are you, Todd?? Just kiddink. So glad you are there on WFMU!
	3:21pm StuartR: Passing a test from Upsala, fill in. Boring at first? But learning how/where Phonic started:POW POW POW in a Geator tribute
	♥ 3:21pm Hoboken Jack: Hey all, checking in from Catskill NY where I'm here to see Tsunami tonight. But I'll be listening to the archive tomorrow and wanted to send love to all who knew or just appreciated The Geator.
	3:21pm clarke: geator check-in from new orleans!!
	3:22pm Van Winkle ;-): Greetings Todd-o-phonic et al from above the 49th. Enjoying the history lessons...
	♥ 3:22pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...' Blavat continued to broadcast on local radio seven days a week and perform at several record hops and events a week '... en.wikipedia.org...
	♥ 3:24pm Franco Twinkie: I love your origin story, Todd. None of us come out of the gate fully formed.
	3:24pm clarke: there was no lightning mentioned.. but we know..
	3:27pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Franco Twinkie @3:24 Thanks Franco.
	3:27pm Victrola Tom: The Absecon Island summer community will never be the same without the Geator!
	3:28pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Robm @3:19 I guess? Did fill-ins only for many years. I paid my dues!
	♥ 3:30pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @3:27 I was ten in 1965. For me it was B. Mitchell Read, 'The fastest tongue in the West' on KFWB in L.A.
	3:30pm Robm: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @3:28 You sure did pay your dues
	3:33pm Joe B: In addition to all those job titles, Geator was also an unofficial A&R man. He got the 4 Seasons their first record deal with Vee Jay and also was instrumental in Dionne Warwick's career among others
	♥ 3:36pm Franco Twinkie: This is humbling. It touches me in a profound way.
	♥ 3:36pm TonyR: Jim Henson's Todd-o-Phonic babies!
	3:43pm clarke: very nice, guys!!
	♥ 3:43pm Franco Twinkie: My imagination is running wild.
	3:46pm Joe B: that struck me as well - the first time seeing the Geator and the stacks and stacks of sleeveless 45s!
	3:46pm Victrola Tom: Listening-in from the car, on the way to the Barclays! Knicks-Nets! But will be thinking of the Geator!
	3:46pm Christina Ginger: Joining in late, because I had a bungee cord debacle. Sounding great, Todd. Really lovely tribute.
	♥ 3:46pm Will thee Sound Guy: I'm definitely going to listen to this show again. Such an interesting chat about an incredible man!
	♥ 3:47pm Hoboken Jack: Ok I had to pull over and listen on the pop-up player to hear Ben Vaughn. Wow, amazing. Thanks for that, TOPT. When I heard the Geator had passed, Ben was the first person I thought of, and Todd was the second.
	3:50pm Victrola Tom: Bungee cord debacle? And no further explanation? 😂
	3:51pm Tim from LH: Listening to his radio show while vacationing in Wildwood was a trip. First time I tuned in,I said who is this wild man talking and singing over the records.
	3:53pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Victrola Tom @3:50 Hahaha, I basically broke the stores’ computer POS when I commented on how cheap the purchase of two bungee cords was, and that prompted the merchant to cancel the sale to ring it up correctly, and then the computer decided it didn’t want to run a the new sale. I spent 20 minutes trying to pay- the store is a 2 minutes walk from my house.
	3:53pm Cooh John: Hello Todd, Joe B, Franco, Handy and my WFMU family. Overwhelmed by the feelings and connections I am experiencing. 😵‍💫
	♥ 3:54pm San Pedro Girl: Greetings Todd and WFMU peeps!
	3:55pm AG: Love Low Cut Connie!
	♥ 3:58pm DjLorraine: ↳ Cooh John @3:53 🙋
	3:59pm Frank Zaatar: I went to summer camp in the 60s with Jewish kids from Philadelphia and they were all about the soul: "I'm gonna look soul tonight--I've got my soul jeans." Now I get it.
	4:01pm Miss G: Really enjoyed that interview with Low Cut Connie's Adam Weiner!
	♥ 4:04pm Franco Twinkie: This is so fine!
	4:05pm Dungaroos Kipawah: Thanks for all this Todd-O-Phonic! A tribute fit for a titan. All hail the Geator
	4:06pm clarke: i'm hooked on o'phonics!!~
	4:06pm nycmusicnerd: Thanks for the Adam Weiner interview and for playing some Low Cut Connie this afternoon!
	4:08pm clarke: ↳ Christina Ginger @3:46 Bungee Cord Debacle. band name anthology entry.
	4:09pm Christina Ginger: ↳ clarke @4:08 It would need to be a spastic punk band.
	4:09pm clarke: we could do dat!
	♥ 4:12pm Gaylord Fields: Greetings, Yon Teenagers of all ages! Late to the celebration of the Geator's life, but I am in the right hands with Todd-o-phonic Todd!
	4:14pm clarke: i'm tuning in later, Gaylord, to your DEOP-IN this evening!!
	♥ 4:14pm Handy Haversack: Hey, cooh john!
	4:14pm clarke: oops: DROP-IN!!
	4:15pm clarke: ↳ Handy Haversack @4:14 thought you were in travelsack mode??
	4:15pm Miss G: Thank you Joe B. for sharing your memories with us. All those moments, are NOT lost, like tears in the rain. . .
	4:16pm nycmusicnerd: Does anyone know of a book/website that chronicles all these great DJs? If none exists, somebody should write one. I've said this before in these here chat rooms, but I grew up in western PA & moved to the NYC area in 1998. I never listened to Philly radio. If it hadn't been for WFMU I never would have heard of Jerry Blavat.
	4:17pm nycmusicnerd: ↳ nycmusicnerd @4:16 Now with the miracle of the internet, anyone from anywhere can listen to radio just about anywhere. We should lift up these great DJs while they're still alive.
	4:17pm Joe B: Oh man this song was always a highlight of a Geator night
	4:17pm clarke: good point!!
	4:19pm Cooh John: 🙋DjLorraine
	♥ 4:19pm Chris Hiatt: ↳ Song: "Hold Back The Night" by "The Trammps" This cut is great. Mixed like the sound of an AM radio station.
	♥ 4:20pm Matt Clarke: ↳ Song: "Hold Back The Night" by "The Trammps" Incredible track
	4:20pm clarke: ↳ Matt Clarke @4:20 how's the wing, there, buddy?
	4:20pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Song: "Hold Back The Night" by "The Trammps" I’m going to have to play this one at work. My residents will love it.
	🎸 ♥ 4:21pm Joel: Graham Parker does a great version of this song, also
	♥ 4:21pm Matt Clarke: ↳ clarke @4:20 Getting there! Improving every week. Thanks! Hope all is good in your world
	♥ 4:22pm Gaylord Fields: I once went to Memories during a night that was more Disco Fever than Discophonic, and I still had a blast!
	4:22pm Fredericks: "Mammajammer" makes me think of Peter Wolf.
	4:22pm clarke: ↳ Matt Clarke @4:21 jus'fine! thanks!
	🎸 ♥ 4:24pm common: this is fantastic todd! having a beer in my apt near the kimmel right now. so good
	4:25pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ common @4:24 Thank you.
	4:28pm Miss G: I want those noodles!
	4:28pm clarke: Noodles!!!
	4:29pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @Miss G and @clarke: Easier said than done. We don't know where he got them from!
	4:29pm clarke: do you recall the brand name?
	4:30pm Miss G: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @4:29 That's why, they were special noodles!
	4:30pm clarke: Geator Noodles!!
	4:31pm Rick G: What a terrific tribute. The blend of interviews and music, all perfectly paced. Great work.
	4:31pm Miss G: Like going to Balducci's back in the day and getting the unpasteurized cheese from the back room.
	♥ 4:33pm Handy Haversack: This is great stuff, Todd.
	♥ 4:33pm Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Handy Haversack @4:33 Yeah!
	4:35pm Fredericks: ↳ Tim from LH @3:51 Sounds like WFMU's morning DJ.
	♥ 4:36pm Handy Haversack: Yay, Sheila B! So great to hear your voice on the airwaves! Thanks for sharing this with all of us!
	♥ 4:37pm Ciggy: What a wonderful tribute Todd
	4:37pm Rick G: I so hope Sheila comes back at some point.
	4:37pm Frank Zaatar: ↳ Miss G @4:31 @Miss G: Great--Now I'm going to regret years of not knowing about that back room.
	4:37pm AYAYRON: Hi I’m not from the area (I’m an Internet listener ftomMA) but this is a lovely tribute. Sure sounds like the Geeter spread a ton of joy and music in his life.
	4:37pm goes211: A cavalcade of Stars for this one!
	4:37pm Miss G: ↳ Song: "Sheila B. on The Geator" Thank you Sheila B. for breaking your vow of silence (that's as far as I got in your last show before I cried to hard to continue) to honor the Geator and give us a sense of the sheer joy of that night!
	4:39pm clarke: ain't no location requirements, here: just gotta have SOUL!!
	♥ 4:43pm Handy Haversack: Well, I gotta get out of here, head for the PATH, and make my way to JC. Glad to be seeing some WFMU fam tonight after this celebration. Thanks, Todd. Michele might call her show Feelings, but feelings got felt here today. Much appreciated. Later on, friends!
	4:43pm geokopp: Beautiful tribute, Todd. Very nicely done.
	4:45pm clarke: handy cya's!
	4:46pm Miss G: HH my love to you and K8, read upstream, Hold On! I feel good things are ahead!Have fun tonight!
	4:46pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks George!
	🎸 ♥ 4:49pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: Delightful show Todd. I was always a North Jersey kid and never heard about Jerry Blavat until you started talking about him on WFMU. We rarely ventured south of Seaside LOL. See ya tonight at White Eagle Hall.
	4:49pm Panther: Living in NJ, I never heard of Memories In Margate, so I googled it. The reviews are horrifying. Sounds like Jerry was abusive and the place mistreated people.
	♥ 4:49pm Franco Twinkie: Lenny is so fun to listen to. So much NOT a crazy drug addled rock guitarist.
	4:50pm Miss G: ↳ Song: "Lenny Kaye raps about The Geator" Thanks to Lenny Kaye! Nuggets was on constant rotation in our apartments in 1978 + We would not be who we are, without that comp.
	4:53pm Creature Boy: Has anyone mentioned Tom Verlaine yet? RiP
	4:54pm Miss G: ↳ Creature Boy @4:53 WHAT
	4:54pm Fredericks: ↳ Creature Boy @4:53 No.
	4:55pm clarke: no, really? wow RIP!
	4:55pm nycmusicnerd: ↳ Creature Boy @4:53 Yeah, I just saw that on Twitter. NY Times reporting that Tom Verlaine has died.
	4:55pm Miss G: I'm sorry. THere is a time and place. This is about Jerry Blavat The Geator. (not saying you shouldn't have said it, just, my reaction.)
	4:56pm Creature Boy: Yeah the hound posted something about an hour ago
	4:56pm Creature Boy: News is news
	4:56pm clarke: wow. that's sad.
	4:57pm clarke: ↳ Miss G @4:55 disagree, really.
	4:58pm Lana in Bucksom County: Grew up in the Philly suburbs in the 60's, I was breastfed on WFIL and WIBG, and listening to the Geator, and am so grateful for his influence. Great tribute Todd, thank you so much!!
	4:58pm Miss G: ↳ clarke @4:57 That's what I was trying to say. I got rattled, and should have shut up. ME, not anyone else.
	4:59pm clarke: THIS is the time AND the place
	4:59pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Lana in Bucksom County @4:58 You are very welcome!
	5:00pm Creature Boy: Let's not squabble. I lost a close friend this week . Loss is powerful
	5:02pm clarke: so many are dropping and it's hard to even concentrate on ONE!
	5:02pm nycmusicnerd: ↳ clarke @5:02 True dat
	5:02pm Creature Boy: ↳ clarke @5:02 Yep
	5:03pm clarke: sorry for it ALL!
	5:03pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: I think everyone here is on the same page and it's just hard to deal with all this loss relatively at once.
	5:03pm nycmusicnerd: Just makes you want to appreciate the people you dig while they're still here.
	5:03pm Miss G: Andy Paley's dinner! Loving this interview!
	♥ 5:04pm Brian D: This is such a wonderful show and tribute. I never got to hear the Geator or attend one of his dance parties, but I heard so much about him over the years. What a life and legacy.
	5:04pm Mister Dobalina: I saw Verlaine on the street a few months ago. And saw him often shuffling books at the Strand. Shucks!
	5:04pm Creature Boy: ↳ Mister Dobalina @5:04 Wow. Yeah that's often how it works huh?
	5:05pm Monica: Fantastic trib, Todd! Met him many moons ago - he and Seymour were going toe to toe on doo wop arcana. Seem to recall him having a lavender hair rinse and a horseshoe pinky ring.
	5:05pm clarke: it does not diminish this FINE, FINE tribute one bit, really!
	5:06pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Monica @5:05 Thanks Monica!
	5:07pm elkeno: Geator & Sinatra, would love to see that lol. Tony Bennet, Liza, Barbra-that's some name dropping!
	♥ 5:11pm Gaylord Fields: ↳ Monica @5:05 I once attended a major music industry awards ceremony, and seated at my table was the Geator — who initially mistook me for one of the Impressions! I could not have been more pleased with both my tablemate and with being misidentified.
	5:11pm clarke: uhhmmm, impressed!!
	♥ 5:12pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Gaylord Fields @5:11 ...making a good first Impression ...okay not actually a first...
	5:13pm Panther: Tom Virlaine !!! Oh no!!! This is horrible
	♥ 5:13pm Joe R.: ↳ Song: "Andy Paley chats about The Geator" I thought Andy Paley getting a prescription from Dr. Nick was a helluva story but the dinner with Brian, the Geator, and Spongebob is pretty incredible too! Amazing tribute Todd.
	♥ 5:14pm Gaylord Fields: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @5:12 Haha — talk about your false Impressions!
	5:14pm Miss G: Why I said “there is a time and place” to myself, not to anyone else: when my guy had died suddenly, I had to see a low-income-something lawyer about his “estate” (the lawyer was a Virginia prep like Brett Kavanaugh, but those guys always since I went to UVA in 1981, they loved me, “take a walk on the wild side” etc.) So I was going on and on about “his wishes” and the lawyer suddenly yelled at me, “What do you care? HE’s DEAD.” and it was the first time that it hit me. So, for me, I try to live in the moment, what’s going on now with the living, and the person who is dead, we can honor them anytime. . . this is, for ME.
	5:14pm Panther: What a loss!! Tom Verlaine was so talented and made such an impact.
	5:17pm clarke: honestly, i feel some of the same feelings about verlaine as some are espousing, today. or at least the entire band Televsion. and it doesn't take away from anything anyone has said or thinks, here.
	5:20pm FishtownMike: Thanks for putting this tribute together, TOPT! My Saturday routine was switching over to XPN for the Geator's show after you signed off. He's going to be missed.
	♥ 5:22pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Heyo. Just put on a pot of beans, slept in today....
	5:22pm Creature Boy: The reason I asked if anyone had mentioned it was because it wasn't known yet. News has to travel
	♥ 5:22pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Miss G @5:14 Thanks TOPT for this awesome tribute. Am reeling having just learned about Tom Verlaine's passing. WTF!!
	5:24pm clarke: ↳ Creature Boy @5:22 i don't watch the news, or particpate in any social media (except here) so how else was i going to find out - at least it was from Creature Boy - which is nice, thanks!
	♥ 5:24pm Gaylord Fields: Haha, BeYONd Teenagers!
	5:25pm Miss G: ↳ clarke @5:17 Clarke, you can’t imagine, how I’m thinking of how in the early days of knowing my guy, he nonchalantly put on a vinyl bootleg of a live version, like a half hour, of “Little Johnny Jewel,” knowing that I would get. . .feelings. ;-)
	♥ 5:26pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Do in fact prefer to hear about artists passing here @ FMU. As there is also nowhere else this tribute would happen here like this.
	5:27pm Miss G: ↳ Song: "Vee Vee on her visit to Memories" Thank you Vee Vee, so energized by your words! (LOL Todd!)
	5:27pm Fredericks: Todd shouting over the song. Now, I wanna dance.
	5:27pm Victrola Tom: I’ll unfortunately have to listen to this tribute in depth at a later date. My one and only interesting Television story, saw them open for Peter Gabriel at the Capitol Theater in Passaic in 1977. TV was booed off the stage before finishing a song, but I’ve been a fan ever since. And PG was said to be so embarrassed by hi s fans behavior, that he personally came out to introduce the opener on all his subsequent tours. RIP Tom Verlaine.
	5:28pm nycmusicnerd: ↳ clarke @5:24 I can understand why some people don't want to watch news or do social media. Everything is either depressing or downright horrifying. I'm glad there are still radio stations like WFMU to bring us together.
	5:28pm gene sculatti: This is a wonderful show. Thanks, Todd, for putting this together.
	5:28pm Moammar: ↳ Song: "Quarter To Three" by "Gary U.S. Bonds" I had this on a cassette tape I made off the radio as a kid. Took years for me to figure out who it was.
	5:28pm ike-o: Woo!
	5:30pm Creature Boy: ↳ clarke @5:24 Appreciate that
	5:30pm clarke: i would rather hear it from Creature Boy, than from ____ ____ (whoever the new tom brokaw is)
	5:30pm Van Winkle ;-): Who doesn't enjoy a bit of DJ overtalkin/singing on the occasional tune!?! Go Toddophonic Go! Go! Go! :-)
	5:30pm Shineman: Hi Vic!
	5:31pm Kirk: What the heck Todd! Never noticed that MC5 reference. I gotta tell the Detroit kids!!!
	5:32pm Todd E: Very uplifting show, thanks Todd! Did not know about the Geater — saw the obits this week, but now I know his impact. Like many others, got the news about Tom V’s passing. The Television shows I saw in the ‘70s were revelatory.
	5:33pm Kirk: Love Big Joe Turner! What a great show today!!
	♥ 5:37pm Matt Clarke: The thought and care you put into this show is an incredible tribute to the Geator, Todd. Well done!
	5:38pm Miss G: ↳ Matt Clarke @5:37 Yes, so perfectly crafted! I was supposed to be doing something, but I'm just staring out the window at the sunset and the little lake.
	5:38pm MFlynn: Todd, thoroughly enjoying today’s show! Thanks!!!
	5:39pm clarke: Mr. C inna haus!!
	♥ 5:39pm Franco Twinkie: Top of the bar singing. That sounds like my kind of show.
	5:39pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks so much for your kind words Matt. I hope you are enjoying your candy today and that The Elevator Operators have a great show at Otto's Shrunken Head tonight.
	5:41pm Shineman: This is a great show Todd thank!
	♥ 5:41pm GPB: Great show Todd! Never had the pleasure of listening to the Geator. I feel like I missed a radio icon !
	5:42pm nycmusicnerd: Great show Todd!
	♥ 5:44pm Chris Hiatt: This has been a fantastic show. Thanks, Todd! Didn't know about Jerry Blavat until after the fact, glad to get filled in here!
	5:44pm clarke: one of my bands happened to be setting up at the upsala station, while Mr. C's show was on, live, way back in the day. we were like "how do we follow Mr. C?!?"
	5:44pm Melissa: Phila. girl checking in here. GREAT SHOW! Many thanks
	5:44pm Old Dave: Did they really have a Mummer string band in the Philly Cathedral today to play him out? Not the usual funeral mass. He deserved it.
	♥ 5:44pm Tommy in Neversink: You have to know a lot with this guy..you know
	5:48pm clarke: how bout BOTH?!?!?
	5:49pm Corey: Thanks Todd for the beautiful show. Clearly put together with a lot of heart. So many great stories and songs!
	♥ 5:49pm Tommy in Neversink: TT brought it today.....but then again he does every week !
	5:50pm Monica: Mr C bringin it like Uber Eats! Thx for a stellar tribute. Todd!
	5:50pm clarke: this has been FANtastic! well-put-together and touching trib!! thanks TopT
	5:51pm Miss G: ↳ Song: "Excerpt from my 8/4/11 interview with The Geator" The Freedom! PLEDGE!
	♥ 5:51pm Gaylord Fields: Todd, thank you so much for presenting so beautifully a show I simultaneously anticipated and dreaded. This was a New Orleans–style memorial for a Philly giant!
	5:51pm Fredericks: DEADLINE: Increasing tensions between Verlaine and cofounder Richard Hell saw Television call it quits after its second album, Adventure, in 1978.
	5:51pm elkeno: Thanks Todd, appreciate what you do, and continue to do, to mark the legacies of the makers & friends of fantastic music
	♥ 5:52pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Todd. How to live Pow! Pow! Pow! without saying it.
	5:52pm florida: jerry blavat,the geator with the heater,remember him well
	5:52pm Fredericks: Richard Lloyd is going to be pissed.
	♥ 5:52pm Mr. Pumpy: Well done, Todd. Thank you!
	5:54pm Isaac Candelario: Sweet sweeet sweet jams!!!!!
	♥ 5:55pm Franco Twinkie: Perfect afternoon listing to the radio. Thanks a million, Todd.
	5:55pm Miss G: My heartfelt thanks to you Todd-o-phonic Todd! My day got turned upside down and so I could tune in for a bit live. My times at club Heartbreak (Manhattan) rockabilly night in the early 80s (met former husband there) seem like a _pale imitation_ to Memories in Margate! Hearing people talk about the dispersion of music, via Jerry Blavat, The Geator With The Heater, that music which is so dear to all of our hearts, really is a balm. So touched by this show, thank you.
	🎸 ♥ 5:55pm listener 126464: Thanks for quite a show,Todd.
	5:55pm SamTheRam: Thanks for all your efforts Todd! You make so many people Smile
	5:55pm clarke: i DO like good music - oh yeah!! thanks toddA
	5:55pm Van Winkle ;-): Yep...we love good music...and great radio presenters... Spotlight on Toddophonic Todd for pulling this together today. ;-)
	5:56pm Miss G: We'll play "Cool Jerk" tonight and dance in all y'all's honor!
	5:56pm sufferwords: appreciate the effort-
	5:56pm bobob Plasticland: Tom Verlaine RIP
	5:57pm Old Dave: This was educational and fun. I'm not in that scene but enjoyed your explaining. Go Eagles
	♥ 5:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ TopT ~
	♥ 5:57pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ bobob Plasticland @5:56 Oh no!
	♥ 5:57pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ bobob Plasticland @5:56 Echo that. :(
	♥ 5:58pm radioronan: As the product born and bred parents from Philly..long live the Geator..beautiful work Todd!!
	♥ 5:58pm Will thee Sound Guy: Thank you Todd-o-Phonic Todd for bringing such a fan-o-tastic tribute!!! such a mountain of a greatness!
	♥ 5:59pm Ken From Hyde Park: Gaylord setting up right over here: www.wfmu.org...
	5:59pm Christina Ginger: Thank you, Todd. Wonderfully done.
	11:06pm Miss G: yeah OK off topic but on topic: Television - Little Johnny Jewel, Live '78 (from The Blow Up)Television - Little Johnny Jewel, Live '78 (from The Blow Up) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9BkYIlgMSA

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